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Tips 1 - 10 of 36 Luxor Things to Do
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An avenue of ram-headed sphinxes leads the visitor towards the massive front of the first pylon of the Temple of Karnak. A very long time ago :-) an avenue of ram-headed sphinxes linked the Temple of Karnak and the Temple of Luxor. Entrance: 40 LE, for students 20 LE
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Address: Sharia al-Karnak
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An avenue of ram-headed sphinxes leads the visitor towards the Temple of Karnak. The sphinxes were fantastic beasts with the body of a lion and the head of a ram, and they symbolizes the god Amun.
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The ram-headed sphinx is a symbol of the god Amon. He protects pharaoh . Pharaoh is shown between sphinx front paws.
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The first pylon is the main entrance to the Temple of Karnaka. It is unfinished and on the inner side of the pylon you can see a mudbrick ramp which shows how the pylon was constructed.
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The Temple of Karnak is a city of temples built to the Theben triad of Amon, Mut and Khonsu. You can call the Temple of Karnak - the Mother of all religious buildings. It's a largest ever made palce in the world and it covers about 1.5km by 0.7km. For example, the great temple at the heart of Karnak is so big, that St Peter's, Milan and Notre Dame Cathedrals could be lost within its walls.
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You cann't miss an opportunity :-) to become a "victim" for some local, who will ask you "Bakshish!" even if you only turn to him your camera!!!
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As i understan - on this photo you can see part of attribute which means - "The King of Lower and Upper Egypt". I don't know it when i took this picture. So - by this reason, you can see here only a part of it :-(
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The Hypostyle Hall (102 x 53m) with its 134 columns is still the largest room of any religious building in the world!!!!! In the centre are 12 columns, these are the largest columns (21m tall) and these columns have open papyrus capitals. Those columns were built by Amenhotep III. The other 122 columns were built by other pharaohs. Those columns are smaller (15m) and have closed capitals.
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There is still some paint surviving on the under side of the capitals in the Hypostyle Hall. Very beautiful! And when you think about it -how long time ago ancient egyptians made these paintings.... Unbelievable!!!!!!!!!
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Join a Discussion Good tour guide please
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amitabharoy44 Fri Jan 18, 2008 09:30 UTC
Hi Shofja, I am planning to visit Egypt by end of 2009. Luxor is facinating place. I had been in Libya for 7 years but could not visit Egypt due to visa problem. I really missed Egypt! | MOniqa Thu Dec 1, 2005 16:00 UTC
hey I'm goin to Cairo soon! (12 of December!) thanxx for Ur images and comments! hopefully I'm gonna post sum photos when I'll come back!(3weeks) greatings! | ATXtraveler Mon Jul 4, 2005 13:32 UTC
I can see you enjoyed this place as much as I did. | jto Mon Mar 7, 2005 09:24 UTC
Beautiful!I'd love to cruise down the Nile:) Great page and lot of nice tips. |
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